The Cedars of Lebanon

Provenance

The artist to Franklin Lushington (1823–1901). Sir John Witt, by 1958 [London 1958]; to his son, Christopher Witt; and by descent to 2013. Sold by Lowell Libson, Ltd., London, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2018.

The Cedars of Lebanon

Edward Lear

1858

Accession Number

242024

Medium

Watercolor, with pen and brown ink, over graphite, on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

36.5 × 55.1 cm (14 3/8 × 21 3/4 in.)

Classification

watercolor

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Suzanne Searle Dixon and Prints and Drawings Discretionary funds